Cochin Shipyard Limited has delivered last 3 Floating Border Outpost Vessels to BSF India.
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has delivered three more Floating Border Outpost Vessels (FBOPs) to Border Security Force (BSF) thus completing the delivery of all Nine.
Shri. Binoj Shankar, Deputy General Manager (Project Management) on behalf of Cochin Shipyard Limited has signed the Protocol and Delivery documents with Shri. Sanjay Kumar Srivastav, DIG SHQ, BSF at Bhuj, Gujarat.
The Ministry of Home Affairs in March 2019 had placed an orders for Design, Construction and Supply of 9 Floating Border Outpost (FBOP) Vessels for the Water wing of Border Security Force. The Floating Border Outpost with an overall length of 46 meters and breadth of 12 meters are designed for deployment in Inland waters of India, specifically in the creek area of Kutch (Gujarat) and Sunderbans of West Bengal.
The vessels are designed in-house by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) and classed by Indian Register of Shipping and each FBOP vessel are designed with stowage arrangements for four fast patrol boats, which can be launched and hoisted using its own davit system. The vessel shall act as the floating base for the flotilla of fast patrol boats. The vessel is to supply Petrol, Fresh Water and provisions to the smaller boats.
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